--- title: The UbiBlog | Patient Engagement and Value-Based Care Analysis | Innovation (4) description: Innovation | UbiCare provides total engagement solutions enabling hospitals to be at the forefront of patient-centered innovation and value-based care through targeted education, mobile connections and real time data. (4) --- [![logo](https://blog.ubicare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Ubicare_Image/logo.png?width=250&name=logo.png)](http://www.ubicare.com/) - [Home](https://ubicare.com/) - [About](https://ubicare.com/about-ubicare/) - [Blog](https://blog.ubicare.com/) - [Client Login](https://mobile.ubicare.com) - [Contact Us](https://ubicare.com/contact/) ## [How We Innovated Breastfeeding Compliance and Increased Staff Satisfaction](https://blog.ubicare.com/how-innovated-breastfeeding-compliance-increased-staff-satisfaction) Posted by [Paula Adamcewicz, RNC](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/paula-adamcewicz-rnc) on Apr 12, 2017 11:16:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/Blog/EJGH_Baby_Friendly_Breastfeeding_Staff.png)](https://blog.ubicare.com/how-innovated-breastfeeding-compliance-increased-staff-satisfaction) Much has been written about the benefits of breastfeeding, but the overarching reason that exclusive breastfeeding promotion is such an important initiative for groups like the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee, World Health Organization, Baby-Friendly USA and the American Academy of Pediatrics is that **breastfeeding is a preventive care issue.** Multiple studies have demonstrated that breastfeeding reduces the lifetime risk of diseases such as diabetes, asthma, obesity, heart disease and several types of cancer. As healthcare trends toward *keeping people healthy* rather than *providing sick care*, breastfeeding is an ideal way to keep the population well over time. At [East Jefferson General Hospital](http://ejgh.org/) (EJGH) we took the commitment to exclusive breastfeeding a step further to become a baby-friendly hospital. Earning our baby-friendly designation was a rigorous 2-year process that challenged EJGH maternity staff to collaborate and implement innovative ideas for educating staff and patients about breastfeeding. Here’s what we learned along the way that might help you as your hospital pursues baby-friendly status. [Read More](https://blog.ubicare.com/how-innovated-breastfeeding-compliance-increased-staff-satisfaction) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ubicare.com/how-innovated-breastfeeding-compliance-increased-staff-satisfaction#comments-listing) Topics: [Guest Blog](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/guest-blog), [Innovation](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/innovation) ## [How Can Hospitals Use Texting to Improve Patient Care?](https://blog.ubicare.com/how-can-hospitals-use-texting-to-improve-patient-care) Posted by [Jackie Simon](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/jackie-simon) on Jan 18, 2017 11:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/Blog/patient_in_doctor_office.jpg)](https://blog.ubicare.com/how-can-hospitals-use-texting-to-improve-patient-care) When was the last time you talked to your friend? Your mother? Your old college roommate? Now think—did you actually *talk* to them? In person or on the phone? If you’re like most Americans, you probably conversed with them via text, email or social media. In fact, a recent [Gallup poll](http://www.gallup.com/poll/179288/new-era-communication-americans.aspx) finds that texting and email are the most frequently used forms of non-personal communication for adult Americans. So is a cellphone, because even when we *do* use a phone, it’s typically not a landline, the survey reveals. For all Americans under age 50, the survey finds that texting is the most dominant form of communication. Given these changes in our own everyday interactions, why does the healthcare industry insist on sticking with old forms of communication? #### Healthcare needs to embrace email and text as the preferred and most efficient patient-provider communication methods, just as we have accepted—and really, expected—email and text communication in our daily lives. [Read More](https://blog.ubicare.com/how-can-hospitals-use-texting-to-improve-patient-care) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ubicare.com/how-can-hospitals-use-texting-to-improve-patient-care#comments-listing) Topics: [Population Health](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/population-health), [Value-Based Care](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/value-based-care), [Improving Patient Outcomes](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/improving-patient-outcomes), [Patient Experience](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/patient-experience), [Innovation](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/innovation), [Healthcare Technology](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/healthcare-technology), [Texting in Healthcare](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/texting-in-healthcare) ## [3 Tips for Running an Innovative Healthcare Company](https://blog.ubicare.com/running-innovative-healthcare-company) Posted by [Debra Zalvan](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/debra-zalvan) on Oct 25, 2016 11:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/Blog/female_leader.jpg)](https://blog.ubicare.com/running-innovative-healthcare-company) We were so excited to see our CEO, Betsy Weaver, Ed. D., on Becker’s list of [Female Health IT CEOs to Know](http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/17-female-health-it-company-ceos-to-know.html) that we asked her for more on what it takes to start and run one of Boston’s most innovative healthcare companies. Here’s what she had to say: [Read More](https://blog.ubicare.com/running-innovative-healthcare-company) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ubicare.com/running-innovative-healthcare-company#comments-listing) Topics: [Innovation](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/innovation) ## [Where do hospitals rate on going digital?](https://blog.ubicare.com/hospitals-healthcare-going-digital) Posted by [Debra Zalvan](https://blog.ubicare.com/author/debra-zalvan) on Sep 21, 2016 3:32:07 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.ubicare.com/hubfs/slides_image.png)](https://blog.ubicare.com/hospitals-healthcare-going-digital) ***Will you succeed or die in digital America?*** That is the question the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) report, [“*Digital America: A Tale of the Haves and Have-Mores”*](http://www.mckinsey.com/industries/high-tech/our-insights/digital-america-a-tale-of-the-haves-and-have-mores), poses to all sectors of the American economy. Looking at it through the lens of American healthcare—to tease out a road map for the *business* of healthcare—the report provides a **compelling argument for** **aggressive hospital digitalization** with the following key points: [Read More](https://blog.ubicare.com/hospitals-healthcare-going-digital) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ubicare.com/hospitals-healthcare-going-digital#comments-listing) Topics: [Value-Based Care](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/value-based-care), [Patient Engagement](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/patient-engagement), [Patient Experience](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/patient-experience), [Innovation](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/innovation), [Healthcare Technology](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/healthcare-technology) [Previous](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/innovation/page/3) [All posts](https://blog.ubicare.com/all) [Next](https://blog.ubicare.com/topic/innovation/page/5) ### Get the latest patient engagement insights. 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